Dear Friends: A reminder about our November movie and radio show. Please come to one of our showings of “Dirty Energy” on November 13 and try to listen to our radio show at 3 p.m. on KFCF 88.1 on the same day when I speak with Linda St. Martin about the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Angela
Wednesday, November 13, 3 – 3:30 p.m.on KFCF 88.1 The Center for Nonviolence monthly radio show will be hosted by Angela Price. Her guest’s name is Linda St. Martin who lives in Gulfport, Mississippi and is an Executive Committee member of the Sierra Club Mississippi Chapter. She is a passionate advocate for the health of the Delta estuaries and the welfare of the fishing and tourist industry that were devastated by the Deepwater Horizon disaster. These local resources have not yet recovered due to massive quantities of oil and toxic dispersant that sank to the ocean floor following the spill “cleanup”. Call-ins are welcome at 559-266-8888. For more information call 559-237-3223 Mon-Fri 11-3.
Wednesday, November 13th at 12 noon and at 7 p.m. (Potluck at 6:30) at the Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness Ave (SE Corner McKinley and Van Ness) Our 2nd Wednesday Video will DIRTY ENERGY. On April 20th, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven BP workers and spewing 200 million barrels of oil into the ocean. DIRTY ENERGY brings to light the personal stories of the Louisiana fishermen and local residents directly impacted by the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. Filmmaker Bryan D. Hopkins gains intimate access to the lives and homes of these people, as they struggle to rebuild their lives and contend with emerging health crises related to the toxic dispersants used to clean up the spill. DIRTY ENERGY paints a poignant portrait of the human cost of the calamity and the systematic failure by BP and the U.S. Government. This video is 94 minutes long. to It is free to be public. Wheelchair accessible. For more information call 559-237-3223.
